сямнаццаць

Belarusian

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    Cardinal: сямна́ццаць (sjamnáccacʹ)
    Ordinal: сямна́ццаты (sjamnáccaty)

Etymology

Compounded from сем (sjem) + на (na) + дзе́сяць (dzjésjacʹ), literally seven on ten. Compare Old Church Slavonic седмь на десѧте (sedmĭ na desęte). Other cognates include Ukrainian сімна́дцять (simnádcjatʹ) and Russian семна́дцать (semnádcatʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʲamˈnat͡sːat͡sʲ]

Numeral

сямна́ццаць (sjamnáccacʹ)

  1. seventeen (17)

Usage notes

Сямна́ццаць in the nominative case governs the genitive plural of the noun.

сямна́ццаць гадо́ўsjamnáccacʹ hadóŭseventeen years

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